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   What is performance poetry?

   • In brief, it is poetry that is specifically composed for or during a performance before an audience. The phenomenon of performance poetry, a kind of poetry specifically made for and offered during a performance before an audience goes back to Dada, the term itself only emerged later.

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   What is contemporary performance poetry?

   • Contemporary performance poetry reminds us that African American literature has its roots in the oral tradition and that much of it is intended to be vocalized or performed, occasionally with music. Saul Williams, Jessica Care Moore, and Sarah Jones are three prominent poets immersed in this integrative medium.

   The Power of Poetry: Post-1970s to Contemporary Performance Poetry

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   Why is performance poetry important in African culture?

   • In African cultures, performance poetry is traditionally a part of theatrics, which was present in all aspects of pre-colonial African life and whose theatrical ceremonies had many different functions, including political, educative, spiritual and entertainment.

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   Where did performance poetry come from?

   • The Austin Chronicle newspaper, printing Gorski's bi-weekly "Litera" column, first published the term "performance poetry" to describe the work of Gorski with composer D'Jalma Garnier III as early as 1982.

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Performance_poetryPerformance poetry - Wikipedia

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   Performance poetry. H. O. Tanager performs at a bookstore in Boise, Idaho. Performance poetry is a broad term, encompassing a variety of styles and genres. In brief, it is poetry that is specifically composed for or during a performance before an audience.

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   Kate Tempest at Glastonbury 2015. by Jim Higo. Performance poetry has been described at various times as, the new rock'n'roll; insurgent art; the final refuge of the failed comedian; the child...

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4. blog.oup.com › 2020 › 05Why performance poetry still matters after 24 centuries

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   May 7, 2020 · But from the fifteenth century onward, the public performance of poetry waned, under the influence of three things: increasing literacy, enabling more and more people to read rather than listen to poetry; the growth of the theatre, which provided a different kind of public performance for verse; and the invention of the printing press, which mad...

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   Saul Williams, Jessica Care Moore, and Sarah Jones are three prominent poets immersed in this integrative medium. New millennium performance poets, who have served as National Youth Poet Laureates are the inaugural youth poet Amanda Gorman in 2017, Patricia Frazier in 2018, and Kara Jackson in 2019.

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   In African cultures, performance poetry is traditionally a part of theatrics, which was present in all aspects of pre-colonial African life and whose theatrical ceremonies had many different functions, including political, educative, spiritual and entertainment.

7. www.britannica.com › art › slam-poetrySlam poetry | Definition, Guidelines, & History | Britannica

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   Apr 9, 2024 · Saul Williams. Related Topics: poetry reading. slam poetry, a form of performance poetry that combines the elements of performance, writing, competition, and audience participation. It is performed at events called poetry slams, or simply slams.